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Originally posted by dragon_lord:
Technology should not forge ahead at the cost of society for some far off dream of a happier world. People of the world today arent happier than 180 years ago with more advanced technology. Many people are not better off - 100s of millions of people still live in poverty. What makes you believe that will change with technological advances?
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Technology has made the US and Canada two of the most wealthy, well fed, and
safest places to live in the world today.
The problems you mention are
social problems, and aren't determined by technology. Ireland had rebellion towards England before nuclear weapons, arab terrorists have been around for centuries before explosives were invented. (It's a little known fact that arab terrorists have been a problem with the us since the early 1900's)
Most of the places you mention that have a starving population are a)military dictatorships that use food to control the people, or b)other forms of religious/political philosophy that believe that foreign ways are in some way evil or corrupting and refuse to let them into their sphere of influence. (eg, chinese or russian communism - changing though)
Hell, canadians are famous for sending food to certain african nations, and the food sits on the loading docks 'til it rots because "it might contain weapons".
[ 12-16-2002, 07:38 AM: Message edited by: Sir Krustin ]